Saddle-strirrup.



No. 831,318. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. F. H. AUDLEY.

SADDLE STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED 1VOV.l 0. 1905. 1

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WITNESSES INVEN T00 A TTOHNEYS N0. 831,818. PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

F. H. AUDLEY.

SADDLE STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.10,1905.

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I mm TOR FruzzaxZ. fludiey Arron/vars citizen of the United kinds andclasses of riders,

caught in the stirrup;

FRANCIS H. AUDLEY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SADDLE-STIRRUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed November 10, 1905. Serial No. 286,643.

To all whom, it nutty concern:

Be it known that I, FnANors H. AUDLEY, a States, residing at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certainnew and .useful Improvements in Saddle-Stirrups, of

which the following 1s a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to saddle-stirrups; and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class which is particularly designedfor use by mounted police and cavalry, but which may be used by all afurther object being to provide a stirrup of the class speci fied withmeans to prevent accident or injury to a rider when thrown by having hisfoot and with these and other objects in view the invention consists ina saddle-stirru constructed as hereinafter described and c aimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the. following specification, ofwhich the accomp anying drawings form a part, in which the sepa' rateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a sectional side viewof a saddle-stirrup constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2, aview similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modification; Fig. 3, a section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a sectional side view of a stirrup,showing a modification, the section being taken on the line 4 4 of Fig.5; and Fig. 5, a sectional view of the stirrup on the line 5 5 of Fig.4.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, Iprovide a stirrup the body or foot-receiving portion a of which iscomposed of wood, leather, hard-pressed fiber pulp, or any othersuitable material, and mounted between the upper ends of theupwardly-directed side members a of the body or foot-receiving portionof the stirrup is a roller 5, the said roller in its construction andconnections being somewhat similar to the corresponding parts shown,described, and claimed in an a plication for'Letters Patent of theUnited tates filed by me March 14, 1905, Serial No. 249,983. Theroller 1) serves as means for attaching a stirrup-strap c in the usualmanner, and the construction of said roller forms no part of thisinvention, and a similar roller or attaching device constructed in anydesired manner may be employed. The stirrup is also provided with a hoodcl, which is secured thereto and which ranges downwardly and forwardly,and secured transversely of the central bottom portion a of the stirrupis a metal plate 6, which ranges forwardly and upwardly to form aforwardly-directed arm 6 having an upwardly andbackwardly directedmember a which lies flush with the inner side of the front of the hoodd, and said plate 6 and the arm e thereof and the supplemental armmember 6 are preferably covered on bothsides with leather, and the upperportion of the arm member 6 is provided with a longi tudinal slot athrough which is passed a pin 6 which secures said arm member to thehood 01, while enabling said arm member to slide up and down on theinner side of said hood, and this construction holds the hood d in proer shape and prevents the same from wrink ing or crimping transversely.In the form of construction shown the plate member e beneath the bottomportion a? of the stirrup also serves to hold a rubber pad f on the topportion of the tread of said stirrup,

the opposite edges of said pad being bent over the opposite sides of thebottom ortion a of the stirrup and being held in p ace by the plate 6,which is riveted or otherwise se cured to the stirrup, as shown at fSecured to the arm member 6 as shown at f is a backwardly directed andupwardlycurved supplemental spring-arm e, the free end of which iscurved upwardly around the roller 5, and this supplemental arm member 6serves to prevent the foot from being caught in the stirrup in case therider should be thrown. In the form of construction shown the toe of theriderwill press sli htly on the arm member 6 and this causes a slightdownward-and-upward movement of the arm member'e but the slot 0 and thepin 6 permit of this movement, and the hood (1 is always held in properposition and in proper form. The construction shown in Fig. 2 is thesame in all respects as that shown in Fig. 1, except that the upper endportion of the arm member c is curved backwardly and upwardly to formthe arm member e and the connection of the arm 6 with the hood (1 ismade lower down than as shown in Fig. 1.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modification of the construction shownin Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, in which the bottom part c of the stirru isprovided with a rubber cushion g, and t e spring-arm guard membercomposing the parts 6, e c and e, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive,is in the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5 composed of a spring-wirebent centrally toform a loop-shaped member h, the end portions of theseparate sides of said loop-shaped member being passed over andtransversely of the bottom ortion a of the stirrup and the ends thereobent downwardly and transversely of the bottom of the bottom portion aof the stirrup and being secured thereto by staples, rivets, or similardevices i. The end parts k of the separate side parts of the wire whichis bent to form the cop-shaped device h are thus made to hold thecushion g on the bottom portion of the stirrup in position, and the saidparts or side members of said wire are then brought a proximatelytogether forwardly of the bottom portion of the stirrup, as shown at it,and carried upwardly and passed through a keeper k secured to the innerside of the hood d, and above which the loop-shaped member 7t, formed bysaid wire members, is carried backwardly and u wardly partially aroundthe roller 1), as clear y shown'in Fig. 4, and this construction forms aspring guardarm connected with the bottom portion a of the stirrup andcomprising a forwardly-di-' rected member h, an upwardly-directedportion W, and a backwardly and upwardly curved portion b the generalform of which is the same as that of the parts 6 and e, shown in Fig. 1,together with the bottom portion of the part 6 The spring arm-guardshown in Figs. 4 and 5 also serves to hold the hood (1 in proper shapeat all times, and said hood is secured to the sides of thestirrup asshown at 7' in Fig. 5 or in any other desired manner.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that this inventioncomprises a guard member composed of the parts e, e and e in Figs. 1 to3, inclusive, or of the parts h, h,

and h in Figs. 4 and 5, and the body portion of the stirrup may beconstructed in any desired manner; but I prefer to employ theconstruction shown and described in the application for Letters Patenthereinbefore referred to.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A saddle-stirrup provided between the top side portions thereof witha strap-attaching device, and a hood, and a safety device and guardmember of spring material secured transversely of the bottom ortion ofthe stirrup and extending forward y and upwardly and in contact with thefront portion of the hood and provided with a backwardly and upwardlycurved arm which terminates adjacentto the strap-attaching device,substantially as shown and described.

2. A saddle-stirrup provided between the top side portions thereof witha strap-attaching device, and a hood, and a safety device and guardmember of spring material secured transversely of the bottom ortion ofthe stirrup and extending forward y and upwardly and in contact with thefront portion of the hood and provided with a backwardly and upwardlycurved arm which terminates adjacent to the strap-attaching device, saidsafety device and guard member being also slidably connected with thehood, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 9th day ofNovember, 1905.

FRANCIS H. AUDLEY Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN.

